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Boulder, CO; Boulder Downtown Fall Festival, Sept 25-26, 2010

Posted by JoAnn Wedge on October 4, 2010 at 11:03am
Well, I am a dichroic glass jewelry artist who work in CO during the summer and lives in Florida the rest of the time. I spent 4 months in CO this summer and the last show I did was the Boulder Fall Festival on Pearl Street Mall in downtown Boulder. They hold several others show there; one which I
did in July. They also have a Boulder Creek Festival a few blocks away from this site which is very
successful as well Memorial Day weekend in May.

The Fall Festival is a bit more than an arts/craft show as it includes entertainment all weekend, lots of kids activities and about 40 artists/vendors. It is juried and includes electricity with the $225 booth fee. This mall is a street turned into a walking mall with lots of restaurants, boutiques, art/crafts shops, and very special shops catering to just about anything. It is well known and well attended however, the tourists are mostly gone with fall coming on and school started. This was the third show
I did in Boulder and it was the slowest of the three. I would still do it again for a fill in since I live in
CO til that last weekend before I come back to Florida.

The promoter, Downtown Boulder, Inc. is well seasoned for this type of event and are good about
taking water around to the artists all day. They also provide scones and juice in the morning to get
you going. It is easy to set up/tear down as you can drive on the mall to get close to your booth.
The hours are long on Saturday since you can only set up Saturday AM but the show runs from 11 am to 10pm Saturday and 11am to 6pm Sunday. Parking is free on the weekends downtown and lots of
it .
Take care.
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  • JoAnn Wedge October 4, 2010 at 9:39pm
    It is worth doing if you live close, can keep expenses down so what you make is profit, etc. I had a friend to stay with and carried a cooler for food. If they change the date, the show will conflict with several other shows held around Labor Day that are well established. The weather is still nice and nothing conflicts with it in the area, so people do come out. The heat in Denver area was high in July and August but the true buyer does come out. I did better in July at the same show and it was alot hotter. There are benches, lots of trees and
    outside restaurants all along Pearl St. Mall so it is not bad in the shade. Thanks for the note. JoAnn
  • Jacki Bilsborrow October 4, 2010 at 9:11pm
    Is this show worth your while? Do you think it would help if they moved the show to a date before Labor day, or would it be too hot for that? This was a good report. THis should help others who may be contemplating doing this show.
    Jacki B
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